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Dennis Warner Concert and Other
Free Events Offered at UW-Eau Claire 

MAILED: June 17, 2002

         EAU CLAIRE — A free outdoor family show by Dennis Warner will highlight the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire's Summer Session Programs for the week of July 1.
         His concert will begin Monday at 7 p.m. on the Central Campus Mall (rain: Schofield Auditorium). Refreshments will be sold. Audience members are invited to bring blankets or folding chairs for lawn seating.
         Blending acoustic folk-country music and humor, Dennis Warner presents upbeat, up-tempo kids and family concerts popular in well over 100 cities each year - from small village gatherings in Alaska to huge auditoriums in Florida. His credits include hosting "Jammin' with Dennis Warner," a special live radio show broadcast by National Public Radio affiliates, and featured spots on NPR's "Great Acoustics Live!" and "River City Folk." He has been invited to perform at the prestigious Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
         Warner has been honored as a finalist in the Emerging Songwriters Showcase at the internationally renowned Kerrville Folk Fest, and he has appeared many times at The Bluebird Cafe, the Nashville club known for discovering new and exciting songwriters. His fifth album, "My World," features strong lyrics, solid guitar work, and performances by Prudence Johnson and Peter Ostroushko.
         Also on campus during the week of July 1 are these free events:

• Concerts by UW-Eau Claire and area jazz musicians will be presented from noon to 1 p.m. Monday through Wednesday on the Central Campus Mall (rain: The Cabin of Davies Center). A variety of grilled lunch items will be sold.

• "The Ox-Bow Incident" (1943), a poetic tragedy about mob violence, will screen Tuesday at noon and 7 p.m. in Davies Theatre, continuing the Summer Cinema series about people making moral choices in an immoral world.
           When a rancher is reportedly murdered by cattle rustlers, the people of a lonely Nevada cattle town take justice into their own hands. Henry Fonda stars as a drifter who comes to the men's defense in this classic Western based on Walter Van Tilburg Clark's 1940 novel. Harry Morgan, Dana Andrews, Anthony Quinn and Francis Ford costar. The 75-minute black-and-white film will screen via video projection.

Summer Session Programs continue through Aug. 1. A complete schedule is available from Activities and Programs, Davies Center 133, (715) 836-4833.
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  News Bureau
Judy Berthiaume
UW-Eau Claire News Bureau
Schofield 201
(715) 836-4741
newsbur@uwec.edu

Updated: June 17, 2002